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A spokesman for the company's co-founder said he had been living apart from Anne Wojcicki, his wife of six years. There was no suggestion that he had started his relationship with Ms Rosenberg before the separation.

Google Glass, which has raised concerns about security and privacy since its early version was released to some developers, is due to go on general sale next year.

Many people fear that the use of Google Glass with its intelligent cameras will erode people's privacy.

A recent study by web hosting firm Rackspace and Goldsmiths University found one in five adults in the UK wants to ban Google Glass completely, because of such privacy concerns.

Connection: Google co-founder Sergey Brin with the earlier design for the glasses. He is said to be dating Rosenberg

Connected but no longer together: Brin and his estranged wife are bound together by business dealings - he is an investor in her DNA company 23andMe - and the children they share.

According to Google, the device has been designed so that it is obvious to passers by how it is being used.

For example, people can hear camera voice commands or see someone tap their temple before the screen lights up.

But
hackers are gradually proving that they are able to modify the device,
which has put Google in a tricky situation of trying to welcome creative
new ideas that could progress its product while maintaining its stance
on being pro-privacy.